Chapter 22 Private Customization
Although it was Sunday the next day, it was only half past five in the morning, and the "old knife fish" woke up Hong Yanwu and the others. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info?? Novel w?w?w?.' This is because he learned the rules of the guest house from the mouth of the "little hundred sons" last night.
After hearing that the check-out deadline is 12 o'clock at noon every day, and if the time passes, the fee will be increased, and the "old knife fish" is afraid that if the negotiation does not go well, the sea cucumber will not be received, and he will have to pay a room fee for nothing if he comes back late. So he decided to leave the house a little earlier the next day so that he could check out in time for a good time.
Unexpectedly, things went quite smoothly. "Old Knife Fish" led Hong Yanwu and them to leave the guest house at about six o'clock, and ran five houses in a row in the morning, except for a boy who went to the beach and was not at home, the rest were all negotiated.
There were two "sea bumpers" who stayed at home, and the money and goods were cleared on the spot. There were two other people who went to sell seafood, although Hong Yanwu and they pounced, but then they also found these two people at the gate of "Rongsheng Market" and "Yuhua Market". In the end, a total of more than 60 catties of sea cucumbers were collected.
It should be said that the transaction was so smooth mainly due to two points.
First, because the "old knife fish" has been in this industry for too long, has a wide range of contacts, and understands the situation. Therefore, the "sea bumpers" he took Hong Yanwu to find were all fishing masters who could dive more than ten meters.
Then the goods in the hands of these people are naturally good, and the smallest one has to be fifty heads a catty, all of which are hard goods.
Second, Hong Yanwu wanted to make a face for the "old swordfish", and he also knew that it was not easy to "touch the sea", so he offered these "sea bumpers" a kind price.
Fifty heads of a pound of sea cucumbers are two cents and four cents, and thirty heads of one pound are four cents, how many are needed, which is higher than the price of selling piecemeal in small markets, that is, in the summer peak season, which is usually this price.
So in the end, these sellers willingly got rid of the inventory in their hands, and asked Hong Yanwu if he would come to collect it next time, and wanted to keep the good goods for him.
After receiving a positive reply, these people not only frequently and diligently gave cigarettes to the "old swordfish" and Hong Yanwu, but some even insisted on inviting them to eat lunch. It can be seen that they are extremely satisfied with the deal reached, and they all owe a favor to the "old knifefish".
In this way, of course, there is no need to rush back from the guest house. Therefore, Hong Yanwu and the others did not go back at noon, and filled their stomachs with Bincheng's special diet "stew" outside, and continued to run tools with "Lao Daoyu" in the afternoon.
The so-called "if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", and "touching the sea" must of course have the right tools.
Under normal circumstances, the main tools for diving operations are diving goggles, fins, and net drifters, and the auxiliary tools are abalones, fish knives, harpoons or spearguns.
First of all, you must have a pair of diving goggles that can fit you. As long as there is this thing, the "sea bumper" can open its eyes underwater to pick up things.
The fins can effectively increase the diving speed and efficiency of the "Sea Toucher". With fins, you can save at least half of your effort, and you can significantly shorten the time to get on and off the water.
Secondly, we have to talk about "net drifters".
This thing consists of a float and a net, which can be used to store sea treasures temporarily and can also be used as a lifebuoy.
In particular, although the structure and principle of this thing are simple, there are several types of floating materials. There are gourds, balloons (football inner capsules), oxygen bags (medical) and "small circles" (car inner tubes).
Among them, the "small circle" has the largest buoyancy and a lot of heavy seafood. But although this thing is light and easy to carry, it is difficult for ordinary people to get it.
In addition, it is necessary to have a suitable "scumbag". This kind of tool material has ordinary steel bar, and there are also exquisite white steel rods, which are basically made of metal rods about a foot long.
The finished product is in the form of a wooden handle at one end and a flat blade with a barb at the other, which is used to fetch objects in the crevices of the reef at the bottom of the water, and in most cases, it is used to deal with abalone with powerful suction cups, so it is also called "abalone".
Knives, harpoons or spearguns, etc., are all underwater self-defense weapons. But the difference is that the fish knife can also be used to process sea cucumbers and remove the internal organs of sea cucumbers. Harpoons and spearguns are mainly used to hunt fish underwater.
The use of harpoons requires clever skills, and there are no more than ten years of practice of real kung fu / "Old knife fish" is a master of this way, and his life is like "tooth partial fish", "cow tongue fish", "fat head fish" and the like, weighing seventeen or eighteen pounds of large harpoons have been innumerable.
This thing is as good as possible against the bigger the fish. It's just that nowadays, there are no young people who are willing to spend time practicing this.
As for the speargun, because it is a catapult mechanism, no matter how familiar it is, it can be used when you get started. Moreover, it is a strong point to deal with flexible fish, such as "black fish" (jargon, black fish, carnivorous fish, poisonous spines and fins) that are difficult to catch by harpoons, and can be easily shot with a speargun.
But on the other hand, its flaws are also obvious, there is only one launch opportunity underwater, and if it misses, it will be completely lost.
In addition, many "sea bumpers" also like to wear red swimming trunks, because according to rumors, this color can protect against shark attacks, so that the price of red swimming trunks in Ben Cheng stores is more expensive than other colors of five cents.
However, this point, according to the "old knife fish" who slaughtered the "Xianggong shark" with his own hands, is purely a rumor, and it is quite disdainful of it.
In short, there are many kinds of professional "sea touching" tools, and most of these things are not available in stores, so few "sea bumpers" can put together this set. Most people tend to make targeted choices according to their actual situation.
For example, like the indispensable diving goggles and "net drifters", no matter which "sea bumper", it is a matter of every possible measure, even if it costs a lot of money. Because without these two things, you can't go to sea.
As for the rest, it's not absolutely necessary. Like "abalone" and "fish knife", if you don't have the ability to go to the deep water area, go to abalone, catch sea cucumbers, naturally you don't need to buy. Harpoons and spearguns are completely unnecessary.
And fins are a bit of a special thing. Indeed, as long as you have it, it is a good tool for both swimming and diving, and it is still sold in the store.
But ordinary people can't afford it, and it costs half a month's salary to buy a pair. In order to save money, some people have thought of using the conveyor belt on the machine to make their own "soil fins", but this kind of fins are stiff and stiff to grind their feet, which is not very easy to use, and it is purely a sin to wear them on their feet.
Therefore, for most of the "sea bumpers", this thing is directly classified as a dispensable "luxury".
Specific to Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan, they are still basically in a "blank" state, and not only are they about to learn to make abalone and sea cucumbers, but the ultimate goal is to "frustrate the tiger and dragon". So according to the meaning of "old saury", if there are conditions to make up for it, these guys will have to make up for it.
Fortunately, they have won the two most difficult diving goggles to solve, and their pockets are not deflated. Therefore, relying on the familiar way of "Lao Daoyu", in this afternoon, they visited several workers' families working in auto repair shops and machinery factories, and basically purchased a complete set of things through "private customization".
The specific price they paid was that two catties of thirty sea cucumbers were replaced by two small circles of "net drifters" without patches. Eighty yuan in cash and ten catties of national food stamps made a sixth-level craftsman in the machine factory promise to make two spearguns for them. The final negotiated price of two "abalone sticks" and "fish knives" is two catties of fifty sea cucumbers plus ten yuan in cash.
However, it takes time to make these things, so the specific delivery time should be at least three days later.
To be honest, in fact, for Hong Yanwu, he prefers cash transactions, but he didn't expect that these workers have a unique preference for sea cucumbers. Therefore, the result of this transaction undoubtedly made him more aware of the true value of sea cucumbers.
So, when he was on the way back to the guest house after doing everything, Hong Yanwu comforted the "old knifefish" very calmly, saying that he didn't have to worry about the more than 700 yuan they received from sea cucumbers. Based on what he saw and heard this afternoon, he believed that it was absolutely impossible for these collected sea cucumbers to be smashed in his hands.
Because the market demand for sea cucumbers is too large, from a certain point of view, sea cucumbers are even better than currency in Bincheng, and some things cannot be done with money, but they can be done with sea cucumbers. So, it's definitely a bargain that is in short supply. (To be continued.) )